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Croquetas de jamón

Name: Croquetas de jamón
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 4 tbsp butter; 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil; 80 g for the béchamel 40 g for coating maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 1/2 cups warm milk; 120 g jamón or cooked ham finely chopped cooked ham; 1/2 small finely chopped onion; a pinch of nutmeg whole spices; 2 beaten egg; 1 cup breadcrumbs; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying, about 60 g stays in; Salt, to taste

Crisp shell, molten béchamel inside, little bits of ham. The tapa every Spanish grandmother is judged by.

90 minTime

14 gProtein each

mildSpice

Grandmother's croquetas2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayJamón béchamel croquettes, crumbed and fried.

The original

446kcalsame

14 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

90minutessame

Croquetas de jamón.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Butter4 tbsp

Olive oil1½ tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)80 g for the béchamel, 40 g for coating

Milk2½ cups, warm

Cooked ham120 g jamón or cooked ham, finely chopped

Onion½ small, finely chopped

Whole spicesa pinch of nutmeg

Egg2, beaten

Breadcrumbs1 cup

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 60 g stays in

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Melt butter with olive oil and soften the onion. Add the ham, then 80 g flour and stir 2 minutes.
2Add warm milk gradually, stirring constantly, and cook until very thick. Season with nutmeg and salt.
3Spread on a tray, cover with film touching the surface and chill overnight or at least 4 hours.
4Shape into small logs, roll in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.
5Fry in hot oil a few at a time until deep golden. Drain.

Serve it like this

Pile on a plate with a lemon wedge, or line up on a board for sharing. Serve hot, warning that the centre is molten.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Spain

Croquetas de jamón

Crisp shell, molten béchamel inside, little bits of ham. The tapa every Spanish grandmother is judged by.

90 minTime

14 gProtein each

mildSpice

Grandmother's croquetas2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayJamón béchamel croquettes, crumbed and fried.

The original

446kcalsame

14 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

90minutessame

Croquetas de jamón.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Butter4 tbsp

Olive oil1½ tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)80 g for the béchamel, 40 g for coating

Milk2½ cups, warm

Cooked ham120 g jamón or cooked ham, finely chopped

Onion½ small, finely chopped

Whole spicesa pinch of nutmeg

Egg2, beaten

Breadcrumbs1 cup

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 60 g stays in

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Melt butter with olive oil and soften the onion. Add the ham, then 80 g flour and stir 2 minutes.
2Add warm milk gradually, stirring constantly, and cook until very thick. Season with nutmeg and salt.
3Spread on a tray, cover with film touching the surface and chill overnight or at least 4 hours.
4Shape into small logs, roll in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.
5Fry in hot oil a few at a time until deep golden. Drain.

Serve it like this

Pile on a plate with a lemon wedge, or line up on a board for sharing. Serve hot, warning that the centre is molten.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Croquetas de jamón

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Croquetas de jamón

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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